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Les Osselets: P.209-1951

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Les Osselets

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Filloeul, Pierre
Painter: Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon (After)
Publisher: Filloeul, Pierre

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Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund, October 1951.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1951)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1739 : Advertised in the 'Mercure de France' December 1739, with its pendant - see P.88-1940.

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( trimmed to platemark on all sides)

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Déja grande et pleine d’attraits, / Il vous est peu séant, Lisette, / De jouer seule aux Osselets, / Et desormais vous êtes faite, / Pour render un jeune amant heureux, / En daignant lui ceder quelque part dans vos jeux
  • Location: Plate lower centre, in two columns
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.209-1951
Primary reference Number: 184052
Bocher (Chardin): 39bis
BN Inventaire (18thC): 86

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 14 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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